Her father is a biology teacher at Orr High School in Chicago. Her mother is a registered nurse at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.

The future groom has a bachelor's degree from Loyola University in Chicago. He is pursuing his master's degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a substitute teacher for the Chicago Board of Education.

His father is a stationary engineer at Schurz High School in Chicago. His mother is a teaching assistant at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic School in Chicago.